Rick Castello writes: > My experience with the term: Occasional use over 8-10 years > in and around Central California by teens to twentysomethings. > More frequently regarding physical sensation, but occasionally > in reference to an idea or thought. It first showed up in my sphere about 11-12 years ago in certain parts of Usenet. While it did have a sexual usage (or at least was used in specific alt.sex groups), the usage did make it clearly a portmanteau of "squeamish" and "ick", which isn't actually sexual per-se. -- Joshua Kronengold (mneme at io.com) "I've been teaching |\ _,,,--,,_ ,) --^--him...to live, to breathe, to walk, to sample the /,`.-'`' -, ;-;;' /\\joy on each road, and the sorrow at each turning. |,4- ) )-,_ ) /\ /-\\\I'm sorry if I kept him out too late"--Vlad Taltos '---''(_/--' (_/-'